Harry Reid’s Office Leaks Boehner Office Emails—And It Could Ruin Any Faith You Have in Washington

The Blaze ^ | 10-2-2013 | Becket Adams

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A series of leaked emails from House Speaker John Boehner’s chief of staff, Mike Sommers, show that the Speaker may have coordinated with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) to exempt Congress from Obamacare.

The emails were leaked Tuesday by David Krone, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s chief of staff, who actually has a history of this sort of thing.

The leaks, which are a major taboo in Washington, show Rep. Boehner (R-Ohio) worked behind the scenes earlier this year to address confusion over a provision in the Affordable Care Act that would force members of Congress and their aides into the exchanges. In fact, if one were to go by the leaks, which were first given to Politico, it appears that the offices of Boehner and Reid regularly coordinated to exempt Congress from the health care law.

But given that the Speaker is now apparently against congressional Obamacare exemptions, the emails make him look inconsistent and hypocritical – which may have been the point of their leaking.

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Ruh oh.

[cripplecreek]

I don’t have any faith in Washington to begin with but this is really bad on Boehner’s part.

Now the question is, can he redeem himself by exposing what he knows about the democrats.

[HonorInPa]

The NSA knew what was in the emails too!

[DwFry]

Doesn’t surprise me unfortunately.

[RatRipper]

Just confirms what we who are paying attention already knew about Boner: he is a lying elitist establishment sneaky little $h1+ that needs to be replaced with a real conservative.

[Slump Tester]

I hope I’m wrong, but I have zero confidence in this guy. Look for him to cave and give a tearful explanation of why he did.

[KittenClaws]

I’ve always believed they were in cahoots - coordinating their little “showdowns” for public consumption.

[Noumenon]

Now the question is, can he redeem himself by exposing what he knows about the democrats.

He can redeem himself by committing seppuku.

[Jack of all Trades]

There needs to be a “One and Done” federal term limit. Once you are elected to any federal office, you can never hold any other after the expiration of your first term. One and done.

[11th_VA]

Keep moving folks ... nothing to see here ...

[God luvs America]

LOL- why is this an issue??

"[B]ehind-the-scenes, Boehner and his aides worked for months with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), and others, to save these very same, long-standing [congressional Obamacare] subsidies, according to documents and e-mails provided to POLITICO. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was also aware of these discussions, the documents show."

last I checked McConnell and Boehner both voted AGAINST obamacare- not for it.....the onus is on reid and hoyer- who voted in favor of obamacare yet conspired not to participate in it....btw- what was polutico's stance on obama's flip-flop on raising the debt ceiling???

[Fresh Wind]

FUJB, FUHR, FUBO.

[DesertRhino]

It would at least show sincerity!

[Da Coyote]

That about does it for me.

Not that it matters in any scale, but I’ll not vote Repulsican again until bonehead is thrown out.

He is scum.

Not pure scum...that description is reserved for the Obamadork.

[showme_the_Glory]

Shocking! not really.

[BarnacleCenturion]

Huh? Boehner voted against Obamacare and has always been against it.

You can’t fault anyone for trying to get an exemption. Obamacare is just plain evil.

[latina4dubya]

exactly... who can have faith in Washington to begin with? plus, the Boehner stuff is no surprise... but we should use it to hold his feet to the fire during this shutdown showdown... one the upside, hopefully he will never put his trust in Reid again!

[longtermmemmory]

this would not have happened without jarret at the WH giving orders.

[Amagi]

DC Dirtbag rats out a DC Dirtbag.

[DesertRhino]

This is a two-fer. We learn for sure that Beohner works against us behind the scenes, AND Reid ensures no GOP will be able to trust him in future schemes.

We have arrived at idiocracy.